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Maclsa
198
Journal
29 June) on another of the do mounds.
30 June
Barrow, Alaska
A busy day. First drove our to shooting
station to get Max Algesh to help Pete with
traps. Loaded up and went our to VII, VIII, II,
$IV. Left them to set the traps and returned
to meet Safriel. When he didn't show up as
agreed I drove our to the 2-egg Family Lagoon
bird nest. Now only 3 eggs ans incubating.
trapped and banded 1 bird. Met Safriel as I was
leaving, so we went down to the recently
completed Drum Area bird nest and trapped and
banded the 8 from this nest. Next drove our
to Central Marsh to pick up the trap setters, but
they had finished and walked in, so I drove
to our broken vessel to retrieve the shovel. On
the way in collected 2 8 pectorals from the
flock in Central Marsh. Still about 20 plowers
there. Once back processed birds and siphoned
some gas from one vessel into ours before
going home for dinner. (In between all of
this made several checks on the Drum area
plower nest.)
Went to 'taming of the shrew' after
dinner, returned the boys to shooting station,
then went our again. Checked plower nest,
then banded and weighed the other bird
at each of 2 bird nests. Across to